2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date	19 – 25 April
Edition	43rd
Category	WTA 500
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$565,530
Surface	Clay (indoor)
Location	Stuttgart, Germany
Venue	Porsche-Arena
Champions
Singles
	Ashleigh Barty
Doubles
	Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady
	← 2019; Porsche Tennis Grand Prix; 2022 →;

The 2021 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 43rd edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and was classified as a WTA 500 tournament on the 2021 WTA Tour. It was held at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany from 19 to 25 April 2021.^[1]

Ashleigh Barty won both the singles title and doubles title (alongside partner Jennifer Brady). The feat earned Barty her 11th career WTA Tour singles title and made her the first reigning world No. 1 to win the singles tournament since Justine Henin in 2007. By winning her 12th career WTA Tour doubles title, she also became the first player to sweep both tournaments since Lindsay Davenport in 2001. It was Brady's maiden career WTA Tour doubles title.^[2]

Champions

Singles

Ashleigh Barty def. Aryna Sabalenka, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3.

Doubles

Ashleigh Barty / Jennifer Brady def. Desirae Krawczyk / Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6–4, 5–7, [10–5].

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	13	1
Women's doubles	470	305	185	100	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Women's singles	$55,300	$41,141	$26,130	$12,500	$6,612	$5,362	$4,032	$2,068
Women's doubles	$20,346	$14,314	$8,064	$4,436	$2,824	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
AUS	Ashleigh Barty	1	1
ROU	Simona Halep	3	2
USA	Sofia Kenin	4	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	5	4
BLR	Aryna Sabalenka	7	5
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	9	6
CZE	Petra Kvitová	10	7
SUI	Belinda Bencic	12	8

¹ Rankings are as of 12 April 2021.^[3]

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the main draw:

Andrea Petkovic

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Zhang Shuai
Kiki Bertens → replaced by Ekaterine Gorgodze
Johanna Konta → replaced by Ekaterina Alexandrova
Elena Rybakina → replaced by Tamara Korpatsch
Iga Świątek → replaced by Angelique Kerber